The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age
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"In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club." In this captivating book, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters. With the friendship of the "odd couple" Samuel Johnson and James Boswell at the heart of his narrative, Damrosch conjures up the precarious, exciting, and often brutal world of late eighteenth-century Britain. This is the story of an extraordinary group of people whose ideas helped to shape their age, and our own"--Dust jacket.
Subjects
Subjects
Biographies
Boswell, James
Boswell, James, -- 1740-1795
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
History
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography
Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784
Societies
Societies -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
Boswell, James
Boswell, James, -- 1740-1795
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
History
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography
Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784
Societies
Societies -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
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9780300217902
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"In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club." In this captivating book, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters. With the friendship of the "odd couple" Samuel Johnson and James Boswell at the heart of his narrative, Damrosch conjures up the precarious, exciting, and often brutal world of late eighteenth-century Britain. This is the story of an extraordinary group of people whose ideas helped to shape their age, and our own"--Dust jacket.
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Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Societies -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
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Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography
Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784
Societies -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
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The Club : Johnson, Boswell, and the friends who shaped an age
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History
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
Johnson, Samuel
Societies
History
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
Johnson, Samuel
Societies
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